PSY 433 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1

YEARS ONLY

Prenatal Period

Conception to birth

Infancy

Birth to 18–24 months

Early Childhood

2–6 years (play years, preschool)

Middle & Late Childhood

6–11 years (elementary school years)

Adolescence

10–12 years to 18–21 years (puberty, transition to adulthood)

Early Adulthood

Early 20s through 30s

Middle Adulthood

40–60 years

Late Adulthood

60s–70s to death

First Age

Childhood & Adolescence

Second Age

Prime adulthood (20s–50s)

Third Age

60–79 years

Fourth Age

80 years and older

Oral Stage

Birth–1½ years

Anal Stage

1½–3 years

Phallic Stage

3–6 years

Latency Stage

6 years–puberty

Genital Stage

Puberty onward

Sensorimotor Stage

Birth–2 years

Preoperational Stage

2–7 years

Concrete Operational Stage

7–11 years

Formal Operational Stage

11 years–adulthood